Return to Shanghai
Shanghai Children’s Book Fair was up and running again this year, from 17 – 20th November, with most publishers not having been back since the 2019 event. Our sales team, MMS, were there in force and we were delighted they were able to showcase our books...
Launch Party
To celebrate the publication of Busy Lizzie and Slow Down Dino – both by Emily Snape – we will be holding a special launch party on Sunday, 26th November, 2.30 – 4.30pm. Pickled Pepper Books are hosting the event and there will be activities, games...
EmpathyLab Conference
Wacky Bee is proud to call itself an Empathy Builder and this December brings us Empathy Lab’s first landmark conference: Education for Empathy – The Reading Factor. The urgent need for empathy education strategies is highlighted by society’s increased...
Frankfurt Book Fair
We’re back at Frankfurt Book Fair this year, represented by our fab rights agent, Petula Chaplin. Frankfurt Buchmesse runs from 18th to 22nd October and you can find our books in Hall 6.1 Stand C50 under Petula Chaplin Rights Agency. Look out for our poster...
New Signing for 2024
Very excited to announce the signing of new author/illustrator, Michelle Maiden, with her debut picture book, Grandpa Kuma. The book tells the story of a little girl’s experience of her grandpa visiting from Japan. Michelle grew up in Queens, New York. Her...
Empathy Day 2023
This year Empathy Day takes place on Thursday 8th June. As one of the official Empathy Lab publisher-builders we are proud to support Empathy Day and encourage everyone to get involved. One of the best ways to do this is by choosing an Empathy Power Read and...
Pitching at LBF23
We enjoyed three busy days at this year’s London Book Fair. Highlights included many useful meetings on the stand of our sales team, MMS, upstairs in the children’s section, but also visiting other stands around the two halls and attending talks,...
Hello Vietnam!
Delighted to see the new covers for Geronimo and Philomena all the way from Vietnam. Both books have been bought by Vietnamese publisher, Kim Dong, and I think we can all agree, they look great! Many thanks to our own rights agent, Petula Chaplin, and to Mai Anh...
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